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[conuly]

I'm in agreement here. Thanks, plaidder, for this well-thought-out reply to the search for a gay gene.

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[eofs.livejournal.com]

On the other hand if there is a gay gene the fundies should be encouraging the establishment of same sex marriages etc. Because in a few generations teh ghey will be bred out as gay people will no longer be forced into same-sex marriages in which they can pass the gene on.

[conuly]

Ah, no. Because that would be 1. yoking themselves with the unbelievers (that's us!) and, more importantly, 2. making artificial pregnancy with oh-so-gay sperm and eggs more likely, where the children would be raised in oh-so-gay households.

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I agree. I don't like the "biological determinism" argument. Because where does that leave bisexuals? Does that mean that because bisexuals *can* fall in love with the other gender, they *ought* to?

No. What matters isn't whom you love; it's how you love.

[thette.livejournal.com]

I've had someone make that argument on me. I still haven't forgiven him.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

On the other hand if there is a gay gene the fundies should be encouraging the establishment of same sex marriages etc. Because in a few generations teh ghey will be bred out as gay people will no longer be forced into same-sex marriages in which they can pass the gene on.

[conuly]

Ah, no. Because that would be 1. yoking themselves with the unbelievers (that's us!) and, more importantly, 2. making artificial pregnancy with oh-so-gay sperm and eggs more likely, where the children would be raised in oh-so-gay households.

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

I agree. I don't like the "biological determinism" argument. Because where does that leave bisexuals? Does that mean that because bisexuals *can* fall in love with the other gender, they *ought* to?

No. What matters isn't whom you love; it's how you love.

[thette.livejournal.com]

I've had someone make that argument on me. I still haven't forgiven him.